Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
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I never thought I would become that person who loves working out. It sucks while you're doing it, but the second you finish, it's like, 'Wow, I feel great! I'm stronger and much more confident.'
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I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right.
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Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.
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Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
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The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.
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I spend my money like I don't have anything.
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Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
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I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.
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I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
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I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and over again for years.
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I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you.
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The thing about owls is that they do sort of have this facial disc, which is unlike any other bird. They kind of have a face, more than like a dog or a giraffe. They have this weird, alien face that you can actually make expressive.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
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It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.
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The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal.
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As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.
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We're only going to be able to compete in the world if we continue to be innovative.
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Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
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Every man's reputation proceeds from those of his own household.
